Which returned more over the last year, MINT or SHY?

In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.4% and SHY returned +1.7%, so MINT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, MINT or SHY?

MINT charges 0.36% a year and SHY charges 0.15%, so SHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

Data as of Sep 13, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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MINT vs SHY: how they differ

MINT and SHY hold 0% of their weight in the same names, and MINT returned more over the year.

PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund and iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, MINT and SHY hold 0% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in MINT	Only in SHY
United States Treasury 6.51%	USD CASH 0.88%
Fannie Mae 1.18%	TREASURY NOTE (2OLD) 0.80%
Freddie Mac 1.04%	TREASURY NOTE (OLD) 0.76%
SUMISHO AIR LEASE CORP 0.91%	TREASURY NOTE (OTR) 0.58%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.81%	BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY 0.26%
AERCAP IRELAND CAP/GLOBA 0.81%	TREASURY NOTE 0.06%
Trillium Credit Card Trust II 0.75%
INTL BK RECON & DEVELOP 0.73%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Jun 30, 2026 and Sep 10, 2026.

MINT and SHY on the fields both publish, as of Sep 13, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	MINT PIMCO Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Traded Fund	SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF
Where it sits	Core index fund	Core index fund
Issuer	PIMCO	iShares
What it is	Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad	1-3 Year Treasury Bond
Total return, 1 year	+4.4%	+1.7%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	−13.1 pts	−15.8 pts
Expense ratio	0.36%	0.15%
Holdings	977	93

MINT in plain words

MINT is an index equity fund tracking the Enhanced Short Maturity Active Exchange-Trad. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +4.4% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.36% a year. By its holdings filed for Jun 30, 2026, 10% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 977 positions, with the top ten at 14.1%.

SHY in plain words

SHY is a bond fund tracking the 1-3 Year Treasury Bond. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +1.7% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.15% a year.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, MINT or SHY?: In the year to Sep 13, 2026, with distributions reinvested, MINT returned +4.4% and SHY returned +1.7%, so MINT returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, MINT or SHY?: MINT charges 0.36% a year and SHY charges 0.15%, so SHY is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

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